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A. J. Santora
A. J. Santora

TOUR DE FORCE

New York Times, Sunday, July 18, 1965

17-Across : Short poem.

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 21, Columns: 21, Words: 138, Blocks: 76, Avg Word Len: 5.29, Missing: { J Q Z }, Scrabble score: 581 (avg 1.59)
Open Squares: 111, Cheaters: 14, FITB: 16, XRef: 1, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 21 Grid has duplicate clues.
A. J. Santora has 185 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 68 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
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© 1965, The New York TimesNo. 5,831
Across
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Current cartoonist. : ALCAPP
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Piece of music. : MARCH
12
Elec. unit. : AMP
15
Roof support. : TIEBEAM
17
Short poem. : ODELET
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Hurry, old style. : SESSA
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Dempsey's home town. : MANASSA
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Unstinted. : LAVISH
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Position. : STATUS
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Table crumb. : ORT
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Aleutian isle. : ATTU
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Quill. : PEN
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Compass point: Sp. : ESTE
32
Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
33
In ___ (prominent). : THESPOTLIGHT
36
Machine part. : ROTOR
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___-de-pont. : TETE
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Rich harvest. : BUMPERCROP
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Ooze. : SLIME
43
Have ___ grind. : ANAXTO
45
Paddlelike. : OARY
46
Role in "Cleopatra." : IRAS
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"___ I say ... " : DOAS
49
Noted editor. : BOK
50
Unfeeling. : HARSH
52
Cancellations. : ANNULMENTS
54
___ Pasha. : ALI
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Common Latin verb. : ERAT
56
Indian cymbals. : TAL
58
Fruit. : SLOE
59
Sorrow. : WOE
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False rumors. : CANARDS
62
Time: Prefix. : CHRONO
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"___ Peace." : WARAND
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Metric unit: Abbr. : GRM
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___ the border. : SOUTHOF
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Ticket. : TAG
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Of a Moslem leader. : IMAMIC
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Old-time weapon. : POLEAX
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Having seeds, as grapes. : ACINOSE
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___ Hill. : NOB
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Porous rock. : TUFA
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Type of curve. : ESS
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Islands off New Guinea. : AROE
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Nothing doing! : NIX
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Chickadee and oriole. : STATEBIRDS
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Gives one a hand. : CLAPS
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One shake. : SEC
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Clock sound. : TOCK
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Motive. : SAKE
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Laugh. : HAHA
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Gaseous fuel: Var. : ETHENE
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___ the Covenant. : ARKOF
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Trunk contents. : SPARETIRES
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And others. : ETAL
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Kobold. : NISSE
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Baseball term. : CLUTCHHITTER
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Eliot's monogram. : TSE
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Pronoun: Poet. : THOU
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Untrained. : RAW
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Dog. : CHOW
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Conveyance. : CAB
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Spice of the Bible. : STACTE
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Margaret's namesakes. : GRETAS
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To ___ (out of reach). : ONESIDE
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Wrap. : STOLE
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Rigorous. : SEVERE
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Ferber heroine and others. : SELENAS
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Unite. : WED
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Sibilant sounds. : PSSTS
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Garment. : SLACKS
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Vapor: Prefix. : ATMO
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Perjuror. : LIAR
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Per ___. : CENT
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Desert garb. : ABA
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Jewish Passover. : PESAH
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Flimsy. : PASTEBOARD
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Tiny particle: Abbr. : MOL
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Connecting device. : ADAPTER
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Festive time. : REVELRY
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Dispensary. : CLINIC
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Men. : HES
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Aid: Abbr. : ASST
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Hack devices. : METERS
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O. T. Book. : PSA
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Quemoy's neighbor. : MATSU
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On ___ a dilemma. : THEHORNSOF
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Suburbanites. : STATIONWAGONSET
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Man of sorts. : AUTOMATON
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Accented. : STRESSED
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First. : UPMOST
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State capital. : STPAUL
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Man's nickname. : TEX
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Silvery fish. : OPAH
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Beamish look. : GRIN
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Ye ___ Tavern. : OLDE
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Nicot's smoke. : TABAC
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___ Gay, 1945 plane. : ENOLA
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Eschewing 33 Across. : TAKINGABACKSEAT
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Bomb ingredient. : THERMITE
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Traffic sign. : SLOW
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African title. : RAS
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Greetings. : ALOHAS
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Most pithy. : MEATIEST
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Remote goals. : THULES
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___, Scientia, Veritas. : ARTES
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Branch. : ARM
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Bird sound. : COO
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Roman goddess. : NOX
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Went. : RAN
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Mainsprings. : SPARKPLUGS
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Moments. : INSTANTS
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Drivers. : MOTORISTS
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Ball team. : CUBS
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Constellation. : ARA
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Finishing strokes. : COPESTONES
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City in Italy. : SIENA
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Outdo. : EXCEL
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Botch. : FIASCO
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Visigoth king. : ALARIC
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Arena events. : TKOS
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Ville ___ (spa): Fr. : DEAU
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Chinese foot. : CHIH
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Witches of old. : HECATES
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Crosswise. : ATHWART
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LBJ's beagle. : HER
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Condition. : FETTLE
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Monsignors: Abbr. : RTREVS
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Moral nature. : ETHOS
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Confederate general. : EWELL
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Take notice. : HEED
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Military title: Abbr. : CINC
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Aleutian isle. : ADAK
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Folk opera role. : BESS
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Bossy. : COW
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Fabric. : REP
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French possessive. : SES
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Wave. : SEA

Answer summary:
12 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 12 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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